A by-the-numbers look at StatCan report on sexual assault in Canadian military

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960: Total of men and women who reported being victims of sexual assault during the previous 12 months.

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380: Women who reported being sexually assaulted in the last 12 months.

570: Men who reported being sexually assaulted in the previous 12 months.

4.8 per cent: Proportion of women who reported assaults.

1.3 per cent: Proportion of men who reported assaults.

15 per cent: Proportion of women in the forces as of February 2016.

27.3 per cent: Proportion of women who reported having been victims of sexual assault at least once since joining the military.

3.8 per cent: Proportion of men who reported being assaulted at least once in their military career.

12 per cent: Proportion of those victims among regular force members who reported being victims of more than one type of sexual assault in the last 12 months.

23 per cent: Proportion of sexual assault victims from the last year who reported at least one incident of sexual assault to someone in authority.

79 per cent: Proportion of regular force members who said they saw, heard or personally experienced inappropriate sexualized behaviour during the past 12 months, including inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication, sexually explicit materials, unwanted contact or suggested sexual relationships.

The Canadian Press

Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version said 12 per cent of regular force members reported being victims of more than one type of sexual assault in the last 12 months.